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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2002, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jim Hogg County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 152030 FFWBRO TXC247-152230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 330 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE....HEBBRONVILLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2682 9896 2683 9847 2726 9853 2740 9894
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 152130 CCA FFSBRO TXC247-152230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 430 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JIM HOGG COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM... AT 425 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF JIM HOGG COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF HEBBRONVILLE. PEOPLE TRAVELING SOUTH OF HEBBRONVILLE IN NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODED AREAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 2683 9895 2683 9848 2739 9852 2734 9892 MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.